Apart from the storm surge, heavy rainfall
causes both flash and long term flooding.
Tropical storms and
hurricanes are known to dump as much as
a meter (about 3 feet) of rain in just a couple of days, creating big
problems for residents who believe they are safe just because they do
not live on or near the coast. In fact flooding kills more people than
the strong winds do. Here are some of the rainfall totals
which occurred in October of 1995 from the landfall of Hurricane Opal.

After a hurricane has come inland, it does begin to deteriorate. However,
it still produces a lot of rainfall. Even when a tropical system is as
weak as a depression, it is still a very
strong storm when compared to average thunderstorms.